Billie Joe Armstrong, singer of the US band "Green Day", performs on stage during a concert on May 30, 2010 in Hanover, central Germany. AFP PHOTO DDP/STEFAN SIMONSEN GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read STEFAN SIMONSEN/AFP/Getty Images)(Photo Credit should Read /AFP/Getty Images)

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Billie Joe Armstrong, singer of the US band "Green Day", performs on stage during a concert on May 30, 2010 in Hanover, central Germany. AFP PHOTO DDP/STEFAN SIMONSEN GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read STEFAN SIMONSEN/AFP/Getty Images)(Photo Credit should Read /AFP/Getty Images)

Following up the wildly successful and critically acclaimed concept records "American Idiot," and "21st Century Breakdown," singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tré Cool have announced they're in the studio working on three studio albums.

Following up the wildly successful and critically acclaimed concept records "American Idiot," and "21st Century Breakdown," singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tré Cool have announced they're in the studio working on three studio albums.

As most bands get older, their creativity and ambition usually wane. Especially once they’ve been incredibly successful.

So, naturally, Green Day is making three albums at the same time.

Following up the wildly successful and critically acclaimed concept records “American Idiot,” and “21st Century Breakdown,” singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tré Cool have announced they’re in the studio working on three studio albums.

“We are at the most prolific and creative time in our lives. This is the best music we’ve ever written, and the songs just keep coming,” said the band in a statement. “Instead of making one album, we are making a three-album trilogy. Every song has the power and energy that represents Green Day on all emotional levels. We just can’t help ourselves. We are going epic as (expletive)!”

Punk rockers always swear.

The band is set to headline several big music bashes, starting with the Summer Sonic 2012 festival in Tokyo on Aug. 18 and Osaka on Aug. 19. The five-time Grammy winners will then head over to Paris for an Aug. 26 gig at the Rock en Seine festival and close out the brief run with Rock am See in Konstanz, Germany and the I-Day Festival in Bologna, Italy.

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